KSHETRA KSHETRAJNA VIBHAGA YOGA PART ONE

Arjuna is assailed by many more doubts because of his spiritual orientation! He wants to know the meaning of a few terms that the Lord has used in His discourse. " Oh, Lord!, you have used the following six words-- Prakriti,Purusha, jnana, Jneya, Kshetra and Kshetrajna! I desire to learn from you what these things are. Kindly define and explain in detail." said Arjuna. The Lord replied, " This Body is called the 'Kshetra' or the field. The wise refer to Him who knows as 'Kshetrajna'

       The Body, the outer coat, formed of the Fiuve Elements is called Kshetra. Another Body, the inner one is ' Sukshma Sareera' and has 19 tatwas. This lives as long as the individual Soul lives! These two Bodies, the physical and Sukshma sareeras are called Kshetra. The Individual Soul requires a protective cover.and cannot exist without the physical Body. It is like an armour for the Individual Soul. One who realizes that the physical body is the Kshetra is called kshetrajna. He is otherwise called 'PURUSHA'--one who knows whatever happens in the Kshetra, the body composed of the five elements Lord Krishna continued, " Oh, Prtha! I am the omnipresent entity and I know every thing about them. A Knowledge of the two can be called as the True Knowledge. Every Body has two Knowers, the Individual soul or the Jiva and Paramatma the Absolute Soul of prime importance. All our bodies and souls are His Kshetras. Hence he is called " Sarva Sareeeri!"
          Lord Krishna now tells Arjuna what matter is ,its origin, its composition, why it changes, what Self is and its powers! Many sages and even the Vedas have explained these authoritatively. The Lord now explains the tatwas of Kshetra:. 1 Pancha bhuthas, the five elements,earth, water, fire,air and ether or akasa form the physical body. 2 Sukshma Sareere or the inner subtle body is composed  of ego or ahankara, budddhi or  determinative faculty. It includes primordial matter or moola prakriti.3 Indriyas or organs:-- Jnanendriyas like the eyes,nose,ears,tongue and skin and Karmendriyas like the mouth,the hand, foot and others. Manas is the overseer of all these entities! Thus there are 24 tatwas 4 Antahkarana consists of love, hatred, courage and cleverness etc. Out of the 24 Tatwas, 5 are found in the physical body and 19 are in the Suksh

ma sareera Above all these is the Atma.